â¤0.2 mg/dL. Measurement of the levels of bilirubin is used in the diagnosis and treatment of liver, hemolytic, hematologic, and metabolic disorders, including hepatitis and gall bladder obstruction. The assessment of direct bilirubin is helpful in the differentiation of hepatic disorders.
Ritchie Valens. In an all too brief career, Ritchie Valens was the first Chicano rock and roll star, having his best remembered hit, La Bamba, just one month before his untimely death with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper on February 3, 1959.
Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper.